The report on beneficiation that is before this House today comes at a time when the economy has slumped to 1,4%, narrowly avoiding a recession earlier this year; when there is rising unemployment; when there is also discontent among the electorate with the inability of this administration to deliver economic reform; and when the ANC and EFF are locked in an ideological battle over who can be more radical.
The colloquium was established by the Portfolio Committee on Trade and Industry to better understand beneficiation and how South Africa can achieve maximisation of the value chain, thus creating jobs along the way. [Interjections.]